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Orbital elements:
2009 VB1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1738 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   5.53862              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.50194341     Peri.  219.29216     +0.11134481     -0.91988794
a   1.5680728      Node   228.03205     +0.99052793     +0.13332404
e   0.2916566      Incl.   30.38191     +0.08035395     -0.36882363
P   1.96           H   23.6           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2009 - V37

The 49 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2009 VB1 will make a close pass (69.3 Lunar Distances, 0.1781 AU), travelling at 16.16 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th November, 2009.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).